I much prefer the Piaget Altiplano Ultimate Concept design (even if slightly thicker, at 2 mm): https://www.piaget.com/ww-en/lp/altiplano-ultimate-concept
Ultra-flat timepiece, the RM UP-01 Ferrari, is 1.75 millimetres thick watch
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Re: Ultra-flat timepiece, the RM UP-01 Ferrari, is 1.75 millimetres thick watch
#212Earlier quoted context omitted.
I drew a line. It goes on that side of the line I drew. > And you won’t find many watch enthusiasts who agree with you either about this class of watch. What specifically would they disagree with? The idea that these 150 watches are made in bulk to a single design, and that watches of this class have many closely related designs? Or something I said that wasn't watch-specific? If they're not made in bulk that's extre…
To me it seems in bad faith to use a word that draws a line in a roughly agreed upon place, and then claim you have freedom to place that line wherever you want, and thus are always correct in asserting that it is "made in bulk". Using your argument, you could claim that 1, or even 0 watches are "made in bulk", or that 30C is "cold" bc you draw the line of "cold" at 40C, etc. Throwing away all understanding of concep…
Well it's not bad faith if I'm accidentally somewhat unclear. Like, I could say something completely objective like "100 for watches" if that's better, and it would be impossible to argue about whether 150 is more or less than 100.
If I'm wrong about the production of 150 watches having some quality, argue about that quality, no need to argue about broader categories in a completely abstract way while introducing no other examples.
For your analogy, if I say a temperature is cold so we shouldn't do some activity, let's talk about that activity and how the temperature affects it, not how we categorize temperatures.
Re: Ultra-flat timepiece, the RM UP-01 Ferrari, is 1.75 millimetres thick watch
#213Earlier quoted context omitted.
They're beautiful and impressive, but I find the amount of money that flows into "high horology" to be an sum with an egregious opportunity cost to society, made even worse by the fact that all that complexity goes towards a movement that is worse at keeping time than a rudimentary quartz. If people want Tamagotchis, they can get a Tamagotchi. I wish people would flex their donations to effective charities instead an…
For sure, charities would be a much better use of the money involved... but on the other hand couldn't you say the same about art in general? I think what makes it different is the conspicuousness of these watches when they become a way to advertise wealth and status. But I like that artists/engineers can make a living by putting their time into producing such marvellous things. The world is richer for them.
Eh, these are cnc milled and and robot handled just like any other industrial good. Sure the quality expectations are high, but the production process is nothing unique..
Re: Ultra-flat timepiece, the RM UP-01 Ferrari, is 1.75 millimetres thick watch
#214William Gibson wrote a piece for Wired back in the day about his obsession with mechanical watches.[1] He puts it thus: ``` Mechanical watches are so brilliantly unnecessary. Any Swatch or Casio keeps better time, and high-end contemporary Swiss watches are priced like small cars. But mechanical watches partake of what my friend John Clute calls the Tamagotchi Gesture. They're pointless in a peculiarly needful way; t…
> Any Swatch or Casio keeps better time ... and that's my cue to pimp one of the most practical watch of all time - Casio Oceanus, the 100 series. * Analog watch face. * Quartz, radio auto-sync, solar-powered. * Sapphire glass, titanium body and bracelet. Waterproof. * Clean design. Under $500. https://www.google.com/search?q=OCW-S100-1AJF&tbm=isch
It can't beat the Casio A159W unfortunately.
Re: Ultra-flat timepiece, the RM UP-01 Ferrari, is 1.75 millimetres thick watch
#215William Gibson wrote a piece for Wired back in the day about his obsession with mechanical watches.[1] He puts it thus: ``` Mechanical watches are so brilliantly unnecessary. Any Swatch or Casio keeps better time, and high-end contemporary Swiss watches are priced like small cars. But mechanical watches partake of what my friend John Clute calls the Tamagotchi Gesture. They're pointless in a peculiarly needful way; t…
Doesn't seem to be paywalled (from where I am, in the UK), if this [1] is the article to which you are referring: William Gibson on Twitter, Antique Watches and Internet Obsessions, published Sept 14, 2012.
[1] https://www.wired.com/2012/09/william-gibson-part-2-twitter/
Re: Ultra-flat timepiece, the RM UP-01 Ferrari, is 1.75 millimetres thick watch
#216I'm disappointed to see this merger of art and engineering received so poorly here. This pushes the envelope of the possible, something I consider beautiful. It's roughly as impractical, expensive, and awkward looking, as a human-propelled airplane. I don't think any of the many commenters here who panned this watch would have anything bad to say about a human-propelled airplane. It's a pity that they can't appreciat…
These things have become symbols of wealth inequality, and sports cars in particular have become symbols of wilful environmental degradation. Many commenters would hate on a non-technical piece of art that symbolized/promoted the same things.
Re: Ultra-flat timepiece, the RM UP-01 Ferrari, is 1.75 millimetres thick watch
#217Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because that's just a lightweight version of an old technology. No new value is being added here. Had this watch provided, say, some smartwatch features mechanically (such as an analog heart monitor, or an analog altimeter etc) I might have found it interesting despite the technology still being old. This feels like just a flex on contemporary manufacturing capabilities. They just spent more money than everyone else.
Maybe we shouldn’t be pushig that hard towards reducing the size of processors/transistors?
If we're doing it for aesthetics, I agree, we shouldn't.
Re: Ultra-flat timepiece, the RM UP-01 Ferrari, is 1.75 millimetres thick watch
#218Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Any Swatch or Casio keeps better time ... and that's my cue to pimp one of the most practical watch of all time - Casio Oceanus, the 100 series. * Analog watch face. * Quartz, radio auto-sync, solar-powered. * Sapphire glass, titanium body and bracelet. Waterproof. * Clean design. Under $500. https://www.google.com/search?q=OCW-S100-1AJF&tbm=isch
It can't beat the Casio A159W unfortunately.
Apples to oranges. A158W is a digital watch.
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#219hijacking the scroll wheel is still not cool in 2022
Lol, you should see how they hacked the watch's winding wheel!
Re: Ultra-flat timepiece, the RM UP-01 Ferrari, is 1.75 millimetres thick watch
#220Earlier quoted context omitted.
They don’t care. I have one watch, a 2008 model from a watchmaker that no one cares about, that tells perfect time and has a mechanical alarm. It gets no love and that’s fine with me. This quote about watches from a tastemaker blew my mind: “… the Italian-born Davide Parmegiani. I met Parmegiani, who is in his mid-50s, at his new boutique in Monte Carlo, where he sells both vintage watches and cars. He arrived 30 min…
I have a couple of Poljot Signal watches, which contain a built in (analog) alarm, complete with a second crown to wind the mechanism. They're surprisingly useful, especially when camping or going to places where you don't want to take a phone with you.
I know! I Love mine, I especially use it when traveling, somehow my Apple Watch is never charged enough to trust the alarm.